2009 | Color | 85 min With an old taxi cab converted into a raft and posing as a Cuban, Silverio sails to Miami. He decides to do what no one in his family or none of his friends have been able to do: enter the United States and live there “legally.” But between the bad weather and his broken compass, Silverio doesn’t reach his planned destiny. Instead he finds himself in Cuba where he discovers many surprises. Country: México Direction: Curiel de Icaza; Álvaro Script: Curiel de Icaza; Álvaro Production: Uruchurtu; Juan, Solares; Sandra Photography: Lammers; German Sound: Franco; Andrés, Cámara; Fernando Music: Martín; Ricardo Cast:Palacios; Silverio, de La Uz; Laura, Sánchez Santiago Alfonso; Salvador, Angélica; Norma, Molina Azalia Ortiz; Enrique, Alberto García; Luis, Holiday; Terry, Colombo; Juan Carlos Participation year at FICM: 2010
2009 | Color | 85 min With an old taxi cab converted into a raft and posing as a Cuban, Silverio sails to Miami. He decides to do what no one in his family or none of his friends have been able to do: enter the United States and live there “legally.” But between the bad weather and his broken compass, Silverio doesn’t reach his planned destiny. Instead he finds himself in Cuba where he discovers many surprises. Country: México Direction: Curiel de Icaza; Álvaro Script: Curiel de Icaza; Álvaro Production: Uruchurtu; Juan, Solares; Sandra Photography: Lammers; German Sound: Franco; Andrés, Cámara; Fernando Music: Martín; Ricardo Cast:Palacios; Silverio, de La Uz; Laura, Sánchez Santiago Alfonso; Salvador, Angélica; Norma, Molina Azalia Ortiz; Enrique, Alberto García; Luis, Holiday; Terry, Colombo; Juan Carlos Participation year at FICM: 2010
Cosme Alongside his teenage daughter Abril, Cosme travels from town to town in a battered van, making a living by performing on the street. When they return to his hometown, the ghosts of his past resurface: a broken family, old betrayals, and the life that might have been. As Cosme sinks into nostalgia and his own pride, Abril begins to discover the world on her own, with a lucidity that transcends her adolescence. See More
Wounded Nine-year-old Hugo lives in Mexico City. Hugo is tormented by the physical and verbal abuse inflicted on him and his mother by his father. Hugo intends to take revenge, and his mother comes to realize what her son may be capable of doing. See More
If an Instant Another evening in a Mexico City neighborhood. In an instant, a harmless game becomes a death trap. See More
The 24th FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 12 10 · 23 · 26 LOS LOBOS: NATIVE SONS by Piero F. Giunti and Doug Blush Screened at the 24th FICM 10 · 23 · 26 LA MUERTE ES TEMPORAL, EL AMOR ES ETERNO A Short by Cerveza Victoria Celebrating Day of the Dead at the 24th FICM 10 · 23 · 26 FICM and the Curacao Film Festival Reaffirm Their Alliance to Promote Cinema With a Showcase of Caribbean Short Films 10 · 23 · 26
LA MUERTE ES TEMPORAL, EL AMOR ES ETERNO A Short by Cerveza Victoria Celebrating Day of the Dead at the 24th FICM 10 · 23 · 26
FICM and the Curacao Film Festival Reaffirm Their Alliance to Promote Cinema With a Showcase of Caribbean Short Films 10 · 23 · 26